Christine Smith is an experienced Nurse Practitioner with a strong background in urgent and emergency care. Since 2020, she has been working as a per diem clinician at MD Urgent Care in Sacramento, managing approximately 25 patients daily with skills including suturing, I&D, wound care, and fracture management. She has also been contracted with USACS Acute Care Solutions since 2016, providing emergency services at Sutter Amador Hospital. Previously, she worked at Sutter East Bay Medical Group delivering urgent care services for patients of all ages and served as the primary clinician for students at California Maritime Academy, balancing 80% patient care with administrative duties. From 2013 to 2016, she was a clinician and mentor at Direct Urgent Care, and earlier in her career, she worked with California Emergency Physicians to deliver high-quality emergency care, focusing on procedures like suturing, foreign body removal, and patient education.